Homicide Report > Curtis Richardson, 13

Curtis Richardson, 13

Died March 17, 2008 at 7:43 p.m.

Curtis Richardson, a 13-year-old black youth, was shot multiple times at 5411 2nd Ave. about 5 p.m. Monday, March 17. 

According to investigators, Richardson was standing with a friend when at least one assailant walked up to him and shot him several times. He was taken to California Hospital Medical Center, where he was declared dead at 7:43 p.m.

Anyone with information is asked to call the LAPD's 77th Street Division detectives at (213) 485-4175.

5411 2nd Ave.
 
 

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Updated: Jan. 24, 2010 at 9:46 p.m.

 
 

16 reader comments about Curtis Richardson

GoNe BUt Never For goTtiN :( :)

_JassSyB_
NaNa&CooKie
CoUsiN .

— JasmiNe DoBBiNs
Jan. 26, 2010 at 9:36 p.m.

Miss you Man ....all the Games we played......best kuzzin I had.......R.I.P

— brandin.....your biG Kuzzin
April 11, 2010 at 12:35 p.m.

Dammmm all badd bl54d on van ness gangstas i kant beelieve u gon aftr all we went through but im glad ur n aye bettr placke..... cj u was ma killah n still is till dis day evn noe we hadd our ups n downs u still ma bro but always n 4kevr s54w50p lov fifty...
4krm: yo yg ebrazy

VN.I.P
(CURTIS RICHARDSON CJ)
LIL 54 BABY

— EBRAZY
May 13, 2010 at 1:24 p.m.

Wow.

Ebrazy-You think this gang stuff is cool? 13 year old kid gunned down, think that's hard? I wanna know where the parents of these kids are to slap them silly for this crap.

— chris
May 13, 2010 at 6:26 p.m.

you really being missed down here on me hope to see you up there...

— Toywan..your other big kuzin..
May 27, 2010 at 11:19 a.m.

Lil boys aint suppose 2 play wit grown men yo boy snitched 4 u and all that still aint work shoulda been from the other side of slauson lil nigga girlyk 4eva took one of mines took alot of yalls

— MR . 54k
May 27, 2010 at 12:07 p.m.

— MR . 54k ..... can you repost what you just said in plain english?

— syscom3
May 27, 2010 at 2:23 p.m.

Syscom3, I was thinking the same thing.

— lrv
May 27, 2010 at 3:05 p.m.

Syscom,
I think ( I could be mistaken, I honestly dont know what language that is )he is saying the deceased who at the age of 13 was already bangin and apparently crossed paths with an older banger who was a "badass" so it only made sense for the elder to shoot the 13yr old. Couldnt pay me to drive down Slauson in a tank.....

— JJ
May 27, 2010 at 3:25 p.m.

again censored by the LA times.....

— JJ
May 28, 2010 at 2:20 p.m.

Syscom, I responded to your post yesterday of what MR54K was talking about. Apparently it was too offensive because like most of my posts it was censored. I agree with you Syscom, and you can even scroll up the page a bit and look at EBRAZY's post....????? what the heck is that supposed to mean?? How exactly are you someones "killah" at 13....all those numbers and abbreviations is all gang BS....

— JJ
May 28, 2010 at 2:25 p.m.

JJ, more evidence of the social pathologies of these neighborhoods. Complete dysfunction and failure in every segment of their society.

13 year olds wanting to be gangsters. Grown men who see 13 year olds as targets. You cant make this stuff up!

But of course, the "Compton Cookout" was offensive. But not the gang problems.

— syscom3
May 28, 2010 at 6:37 p.m.

syscom3 if u knew bout this street life u would not have nothing 2 respond 2 that lil dude prolly killed alot of ppl in a year or two of his gang bangin he obviously aint have no guidance cuz if he did he would not have been @ the parc lil kids in africa runnin around wit ak's so what makes us any different??? what L.A.P.D or the Sheriffs suppose 2 b there 4 us yea to take us to jail not stop killin so go find a book 2 read u weirdo

— The TruTh
May 29, 2010 at 10:06 a.m.

— The TruTh, so are you saying the residents of these neighborhoods are no different from the people who live in the violence prone countries of Africa? Are you saying that violence is a way of life?

And why isn't the community demanding that the parents who create such monsters be held accountable?

— syscom3
May 29, 2010 at 12:10 p.m.

i luv u lil cousin see u when i get there gone but not forgotten justice will be served one way or the other believe that!!!!!!!!luv u c.j R.I.P

— tasha
Sept. 15, 2010 at 1:39 p.m.

@syscom3 ~ you said "And why isn't the community demanding that the parents who create such monsters be held accountable?" I AGREE. These kids deface property and parents are responsible. Why should they get off scott free for having these kids and then allowing them run the streets to ruin society?

— give me a break
March 9, 2011 at 8:52 a.m.

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